The Restless Spirit's Father

Li Heilong had always been a skeptic before he met Mian Bingbing. However, he had never seen any of these so-called ghosts in his entire life… before Liu Guangru came and took him away. Now, he was peering down the window and saw his son being walked by a man with a strange apparition of a woman next to him.

The man had sharp eyes; he could clearly see things with his 20-20 vision. However, he couldn't make out where the girl's legs were. Was he really looking at one? Wasn't it too early to have a sighting?

"What ghost?" Mian Tianyu came closer to Li Heilong and was about to look out the window. However, for a moment, something felt different with the father. These scent and aura… weren't there when they were talking earlier. Could it be that it was triggered by the sighting of the ghost he was seeing?

Mian Tianyu moved his gaze from Li Heilong to the meadow ahead. He saw Li Feng speaking with another man… and that girl with questionable legs. Just one look was enough to tell that she was not from the world of the living.

Ye Ling was actually the one Li Feng was talking to. However, she felt the gaze of a shaman who wanted to eradicate her. Without warning, she howled and vanished, diving inside Ruan Jin's body for protection. From the action, Ruan Jin quickly felt the sting coming from a direction. Ruan Jin looked up in the direction of Li Feng's room and saw Mian Tianyu and Li Heilong.

"You're scary father is with a scary grandpa." Ruan Jin pouted as he looked back at Li Feng who looked around as Ye Ling vanished.

"Can I see them?" Li Feng took a deep breath. He had no idea why they would come together, but he didn't want to ignore them.

"If they hurt Ling, I'm shoving you off of the wheelchair."

Ruan Jin had no choice but to roll the wheelchair back to the room. Earlier, they were looking around for ghosts to feed on. Li Feng was supposed to get a tutorial so he wouldn't be eaten carelessly. He was just lucky that the miasma was protecting him by then after all. Even if it bothered Li Feng, he decided to learn.

It was as if understanding how Guangru's power works would help them take him off of Liu Xiaodan.

After a few minutes, Ruan Jin was standing in front of the door. He didn't want to go in, but he had no choice when Mian Bingbing opened the door and stared at him.

"Aren't you Liu Xiaodan's friend?"

"Hello." Ruan Jin's hands began to tremble. The tremor wasn't coming from him but from Ye Ling.

He rolled Li Feng inside and met with the gazes of Mian Tianyu and Li Heilong. Even if he was scared, his eyes still locked on Li Heilong as if seeing something that had caught his attention. Yet again, it wasn't him; it was Ye Ling who had been seeing something.

Mian Tianyu made a visual assessment of Ruan Jin. This man was among Liu Xiaodan's friends. If anything, he must have noticed so much about Liu Xiaodan and his abilities. The shaman was greeted by Li Feng first before nodding. "Ruan Jin, please take a seat."

Mian Bingbing took over Li Feng, and so Ruan Jin had no choice but to sit on one side of the couch. Li Yunru was already awake and could only ball her fists. If he needed help, she wanted to help. He was still the person who found Li Feng that night.

"Ruan Jin, how long have you been burdened by the entity?" Mian Tianyu asked. People around Liu Xiaodan must be aware of the existence of entities and would know if one was around them. Moreover, he wanted to know how he felt about ghosts.

"She's not burdening me. You came here for Li Feng, right? No need to interview me." Ruan Jin was raised to be respectful, but he could only do so much. It was one thing to sit down when asked; it was another to be questioned.

"Hm, perhaps. If I asked about Liu Xiaodan, will you be willing to answer?" Mian Tianyu had a kind elderly smile on his face, but Ruan Jin was being repulsed by it.

"What's the question?"

The shaman nodded. "Has he ever expressed envy towards powerful things? Is he the type to admire people because of their capabilities?"

Ruan Jin raised a brow. He then shook his head. "Xiaodan isn't that kind of person. He's one that would rather believe in his own skills than salivate over others' success."

"So if he has the chance to become powerful himself, he would make use of it and see what he could with it?"

The student froze for a few seconds before biting his lower lip. He could neither refute nor assent this notion. It was true, and it was showing. Liu Xiaodan seemed to be making use of Guangru's powers as his own… just because it was granted to him.

Mian Tianyu shook his head. "What could Liu Xiaodan want is he had the power to dispose of anyone at will?"

"No! It's not at will!" Ruan Jin finally barked. "Those people attacked him first. That stupid power comes from the threat on his life. There's no way he could kill at will!"

"But he wasn't threatened that night…" Li Feng murmured, but it was loud enough for them to catch. Knowing that his words were heard, the patient hissed his next ones. "Liu Xiaodan had the ability to manifest his consciousness into a smoke of miasma. That couldn't be triggered by a threat around him. Moreover, he could heal days-old wounds just by touching someone.

"If you continue to insist that his power is passive, we're going to have problems in the future."

Ruan Jin's eyes widened before he roared at Li Feng. "How dare you! Xiaodan had been saving your a.s.s for a while now; he even went to prison just for you, and you talk about him like this?!"

The patient wasn't shocked anymore, but it still was a bad hit. He clawed at the arms of the wheelchair. "I didn't tell him to kill Ditian! I didn't ask to be healed or to be infected by Guangru as well! He was responsible for all of this, but he's making amends wrongly!

"If he really was serious in making sure everything stops, he should just break ties with the child!"

"Oh? And you think Guangru is that easy to get rid of? Didn't it occur to you that Xiaodan could be generating hate from everyone else so Guangru wouldn't target us if he decides to leave him? You really think Guangru wouldn't kill everyone that mattered to him first? I thought you're facing these dirty things all your life?"

"Ruan Jin, you talk like you don't worship those things like he does…"

The student reined in his anger and his voice as he glared at Li Feng. This shaman surely knew how to fight someone with words. Worship? No, he didn't worship Ye Ling; he was just helping her fight loneliness. In turn, she would keep him company as well.

Then, Ruan Jin spoke again but in a serious tone, "Li Feng, if you think we worship them, then you would never be able to figure out how to get them separated. I'm done talking to you. I'm not seeing you again."

Ruan Jin got up from his seat and walked to leave the room. However, Mian Tianyu spoke again after a while of silence, "If you leave now, you will never find a way to suppress the child."

"Heh, as if you can do the suppressing for us." Ruan Jin spat out before reaching out to open the door. When he did, he was caught off-guard by a figure standing in front of the door. She had her hand reached out as if opening the door, but it opened before she could muster the courage to do it.

Then again, a glare from Ruan Jin made her move out of his way. He then passed her by and left without another word. She then looked at the grandpa up ahead before peering in to see Li Feng. A small smile drew on her lips as she regarded Mian Tianyu again. "Master Mian, can I talk to him? Ah, I don't know his family name…"

Mian Tianyu was shocked to see her and wasn't able to speak even after she called him. Li Heilong didn't know her as much as Li Yunru did. Mian Bingbing then stared at her before looking at her son.

"Feng'er, you know Miss Qiao?"

"Miss Qiao?" Li Feng felt like he had heard of a relevant Qiao family before, but he couldn't remember who they were. Then again, he only knew her as the girl he saved that night. Though he was glad to see her in casual clothes rather than a patient gown, which meant she was already discharged from the hospital.

He then scratched his head. "I saw her before."

"Saw?" Miss Qiao twitched. She then held onto the door tighter. "You saved my life. Do you not remember?"

"I do… but… it wasn't much of a saving…" Li Feng remembered the ghost nurse and that strange miasma. It came from him instead.

Mian Tianyu finally recovered before smiling deeply, like with reverence. "Young Miss Qiao, please take a seat."

However, she only shook her head and chirped onto the room, making her way to Li Feng. From her pocket came a folded paper flower. "Here, this is for you. Take it as my 'thank you' for last night. If you didn't destroy her, I wouldn't be able to escape from her nightmare."

"…n-no problem." Li Feng smiled back at the cute girl who looked a lot healthier than he last saw her. She seemed to be another person because of her improvement. He looked at the paper flower and held one of its petals.

Cut! Everyone's eyes widened as the paper flower was suddenly cut in half as soon as Li Feng held it. It was even in the middle, which made it strange. However, only the girl whimpered at the result.

"I knew it that miasma isn't coming from a human entity…" She held onto the half that was left in her hand. "If it's this powerful, then it must be like that dybbuk…"

"Dybbuk?" Li Feng looked up at the frightened girl.

"En, the ancient entity that wants to become a human… a demon who just wants to be born…"